PIX4648918: Decollage de la shuttle Discovery 07/2006 - Launch of space shuttle Discovery 07/2006 - Decollage de la shuttle Discovery le 4 juillet 2006. Mission STS-121. Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member crew launched to the International Space Station on the STS - 121 mission. Jul 04 2006 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649025: Decollage de la shuttle Discovery 05/2008 - Launch of space shuttle Discovery 05/2008 - Decollage de la shuttle Discovery on 31 May 2008. Mission STS-124. The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member STS - 124 crew head towards Earth - orbit and a scheduled link - up with the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred on May 31, 2008 at 5:02 p.m. (EDT). The STS - 124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the International Space Station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete Jaxa's Kibo laboratory. During the mission, the shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system. Onboard are astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Ken Ham, pilot; Karen Nyberg, Mike Fossum, Ron Garan, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, all mission specialists. Chamitoff will join Expedition 17 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649122: Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis. 05/2009 - STS - 125 lift - off - Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the mission STS-125. This 11-day mission aims to maintain the Hubble space telescope. May 11, 2009. Space shuttle Atlantis roars into the cloudy sky above Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS - 125 mission. Blue cones of light, mach diamonds, can be seen beneath the engine nozzles. The mach diamonds are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system. Atlantis will meet with Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11 - day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state - of - the - art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. May 11 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649059: Astronauts in Weighttlessness 06/2008 - Astronauts in Weighttlessness - 06/2008 - Astronauts from STS-124 and Expedition 17 meet to share a meal on board the Space Shuttle Discovery. From the bottom left, Mark Kelly, Sergei Volkov, Garrett Reisman, Oleg Kononenko, Greg Chamitoff, Mike Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide, Karen Nyberg, and Ken Ham. 8 June 2008. A “” fish - eye”” lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of the STS - 124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers as they share a meal on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station. Pictured counter - clockwise (from the left bottom) are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, STS - 124 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander; NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS - 124 mission specialist; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko; NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff, both Expedition 17 flight engineers; NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, all STS - 124 mission specialists; and NASA astronaut Ken Ham, STS - 124 pilot. 8 June 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649081: The Atlantis shuttle en route to its firing pitch - 09/2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis - 09/2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, perched on its mobile platform (crawler) en route to its launch pad for the STS-125 mission. September 2008. Space shuttle Atlantis rolls towards Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center on September 4, 2008. The shuttle stack, with solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank attached to Atlantis, rest on the mobile launcher platform. Movement is provided by the crawler - transporter underneath. Atlantis is scheduled to launch on the STS - 125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649214: Landing of Shuttle Endeavour 07/2009 - Landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 2009 - Landing of Shuttle Endeavour in the Kennedy Space Center on 31 July 2009, with seven astronauts from the STS-127 mission on board. Space Shuttle Endeavour approaches landing Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center, concluding the 16 - day, 6.5 million mile journey on the STS - 127 mission to the International Space Station. Onboard are NASA astronauts Mark Polansky, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists. Main gear touchdown was at 10:48:08 a.m. (EDT) on July 31, 2009. Nose gear touchdown was at 10:48:21 a.m. and wheels stop was at 10:49:13 a.m. Endeavour delivered the Japanese Experiment Model's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section to the station. The mission was the 29th flight to the station, the 23rd flight of Endeavour and the 127th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 71st landing at Kennedy / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669714: Aurora boreale observed from space station - Aurora borealis seen from space - Aurora boreale observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 16 February 2003 just after sunset. Aurora borealis seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 16 2003 just after sunset / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669758: Southern Aurora observed from the Space Station - Aurora australis seen from the International Space Station - Southern Aurora observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 19, 2017. Aurora australis seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 19, 2017. The ISS was located over the Southern Indian Ocean / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669763: Aurora boreale observed from space station - Aurora borealis seen from space - Aurora boreale over Canada observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15, 2017. In the foreground on the left, the solar panels of the resort. Aurora borealis over Canada seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15, 2017. The ISS main solar arrays are seen in the left foreground / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669971: Aurora boreale observed in Alaska 03 - 2007 - Aurora borealis above Mounts Drum and Sanford - Alaska. 03 - 2007 - Aurora boreale observed on March 28, 2007 from Willow Lake in Wrangell National Park - St. Elias, Alaska. The two snowy peaks are Mount Drum and Mount Sanford (right). The photo is taken from Willow Lake on March 28, 2007 and is looking at Mount Drum and Mount Sanford (right) located in the Wrangell St Elias National Park / Bridgeman Images
LRI4666675: The translator offers his book to King Charles V (1338-1380) Miniature taken from 'Le livre des proprietes des choses' (De proprietatibus rerum) by Barthelemy the English, translated by John Corbichon. 15th century. Reims, Municipal Library, French School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images